Heart rate variability biofeedback as a behavioral neurocardiac intervention to enhance vagal heart rate control

American Heart Journal

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1137.e1-1137.e7

  Nolan, Robert P ^a   Kamath, Markad V ^b   Floras, John S ^c   Stanley, Jill ^d   Pang, Clement ^b   Picton, Peter ^c   Young, Quincy R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; STRESS; TRAINING; VAGUS REFLEX;

EID: 20544454089     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.03.015     Document Type: Article

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